Saudi Arabia The Ministry of Education King Abdulaziz University
Graduate educational program
Master of Educational Technology
Readings on Education in English
EDUC-602
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Dr. Abdulellah Alsulaimani Ashrar Qudsis
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Article#1Bringula, R. P., & Basa, R. S. (2011) .
Factors Affecting Faculty Web Portal Usability. Educational Technology & Society, 14 (4),253–265.
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a gateway to information and services from multiple sources with a database that helps users store, locate, and retrieve learning; such as Yahoo!, Excite, and Lycos .
“Factors Affecting Faculty Web Portal Usability”
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online Research Ease of Navigation
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The authors conclude statistically that the most factor affect the ability to use the portals is Aesthetics.
“Factors Affecting Faculty Web Portal Usability”
As a Master degree students, Online Research and Academic Transactions are more important factors .
Gabriel Bánesz. (2012) .EDUTECH Portal: Methodical Help For Teaching Technics.Technologia Vzdelavania, 1–9.
Article#2
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The purpose of this web portal is to communicate the departments preparing future teachers of the subject Technics and pedagogical praxis . One of the possibilities offered the use of the modern ICT technologies for creating a system that would be utilized for the communication between the university and the pedagogical practice .
The website contents teaching aids, methodical materials, job sheets, animation, and videos. The website provides:
–a consultation activities among the participants. –immediate transfer of the newest research outputs into the practice.
–availability of information for teacher training..
“EDUTECH Portal: Methodical Help For Teaching Technics”
For the administrative and expert support the organizational structure was chosen as follows:-Guarantees of the website
- Website admin - Publishers
- Authors of the content - Registered users
-Unregistered users
I hope this Slovak experience applying in our education and establish a web portal that match pedagogy with technology.
“EDUTECH Portal: Methodical Help For Teaching Technics”